Player ratings Arsenal 7, Newcastle 3.

1-0 20' Walcott, 1-1 43' Ba, 2-1 50' Oxlade-Chamberlain, 2-2 59' Marveaux, 3-2 64' Podolski, 3-3 69' Ba, 4-3 73' Walcott, 5-3 84' Giroud, 6-3 87' Giroud, 7-3 91' Walcott. Att: 60.087.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczesny 6,70 - Laurent Koscielny 6,80, Thomas Vermaelen 6,20, Kieran Gibbs 5,60, Bacary Sagna 5,80 - Mikel Arteta 6,30, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 7,00 (74' Olivier Giroud 7,80), Santiago Cazorla 7,00 (86' Francis Coquelin), Jack Wilshere 7,40 - Lukas Podolski 7,80 (82' Aaron Ramsey),  Theo Walcott 8,30. = average: 6,89 [top class]
Newcastle: Tim Krul 5,80 - Fabricio Coloccini 5,20, Davide Santon 5,00, James Perch 4,80, Danny Simpson 4,80 (82' Shane Ferguson) - Gabriel Obertan 6,10, Sylvain Marveaux 6,10 (87' James Tavernier), Cheik Tioté 5,60, Gaël Bigirimana 5,40 (82' Shola Ameobi) - Papiss Demba Cissé 5,40, Demba Ba 6,80. = average: 5,55 [disappointing]